1) Foodborne illness
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Konzo is an epidemic paralytic disease occurring in outbreaks in remote rural areas of low income African countries. The people of these regions have been associated with several weeks of almost exclusive consumption of insufficiently processed `bitter` (cyanide yielding) cassava (Manihot esculenta) — an perennial crop native to South America,.....
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kon′zō Definitions: 1. An upper motor neuron disease caused by cyanide, manifested principally as spastic paraplegia, seen in Africa, and resulting from the consumption of improperly prepared cassava roots, which contain high concentrations of cyanogenetic glucosides.
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